#96CD59#96CD59

#96CD59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.158 H 130.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96CD59
RGB	rgb(150, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(88, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(88, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 0%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -36.66, 51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 62.97, 125.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.1025 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.158 130.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2118, 50.8670, 17.3597)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96CD59 #9059CD

analogous

#CDCA59 #96CD59 #5CCD59

triadic

#96CD59 #5996CD #CD5996

tetradic

#96CD59 #59CDCA #9059CD #CD595C

square

#96CD59 #59CDCA #9059CD #CD595C

split-complementary

#96CD59 #595CCD #CA59CD

monochromatic

#588428 #78B336 #96CD59 #B4DB88 #D2E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#96CD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#96CD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96CD59

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96CD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96CD59	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96cd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.158 130.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8dc8b',
    500: '#96cd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96cd59;
$custom-light: #b8dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96cd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.448,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78571,
    "c": 0.15793,
    "h": 130.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96CD59

secondary

#633F8B

accent

#4BDD90

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #96CD59

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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